Laughter As Resistance
Humor, satire and ridicule have long been a deliberate strategy in resisting authoritarian regimes. There will be jokes. Listen to our weekly sermons anytime, anywhere on your favorite podcast platform – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Just search for our church name and hit “Follow” to stay up to date. If you enjoy the sermons, please take a moment to give us a rating or review – it helps others discover our community.
Let’s Talk About Sex
Got your attention? Good! Because we are going to talk about sex education through our award-winning program, called Our Whole Lives (OWL) which we are launching for our junior high students in September. Come hear why this program is important to our values as UUs.
Celebration and Blessings!
This is the first Sunday in our new sanctuary! On this day, we blessed the new Sanctuary in a myriad of ways. Join in the fun! – Rev. Sian Wiltshire You can now listen to our weekly sermons anytime, anywhere on your favorite podcast platform – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Just search for our church name and hit “Follow” to stay up to date. If you enjoy the sermons, please take a moment to give us a rating…
The Unexpected: When Life Has Other Plans
Join us as Donna McCartney shares a thought-provoking sermon on the unexpected twists in life. We have all made plans – only to have them suddenly derailed, often leaving us frustrated or disappointed. But what if those disruptions lead us to something even better than what we originally envisioned? Come explore how life’s detours might be part of a greater journey. You can now listen to our weekly sermons anytime, anywhere on your favorite podcast platform – Apple Podcasts, Spotify,…
Unitarian Universalist Mysticism: Finding your inner light
On this Sunday we explore what mysticism means to UUs and how we can all experience it. Come join us for this day of reflection and joy. – Rev. Sian Wiltshire We experienced a small issue with our Zoom video recording during the Worship service, so only the audio version of the sermon is available as a podcast. Listen to this sermon on your favorite podcast platform – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Just search for our church name…
Waving the Flag Without Whacking Your Neighbor
Nationalism (both Christian and secular) has been growing in our country and around the world. Is it a form of patriotism or tribalism? And why should we as Unitarian Universalists pay attention to this trend? You can now listen to our weekly sermons anytime, anywhere on your favorite podcast platform – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Just search for our church name and hit “Follow” to stay up to date. If you enjoy the sermons, please take a moment…
Embracing the Messiness of Mental Health
Mental health is often an invisible issue, but we have all gone through times, just like our bodies, when we get sick. What can we do to make this kind of illness more visible without judgement, but with compassion? You can now listen to our weekly sermons anytime, anywhere on your favorite podcast platform – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Just search for our church name and hit “Follow” to stay up to date. If you enjoy the sermons,…
Spirituality after Religion
Rev. James Ishmael Ford explores themes introduced in his new book, “Zen at the End of Religion: An Introduction for the Curious, the Skeptical, and the Spiritual but Not Religious.” He thinks there are powerful themes to be unraveled and considered in that term “spiritual but not religious.” And he shares some that he thinks are useful. You can now listen to our weekly sermons anytime, anywhere on your favorite podcast platform – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Just…
Art as a Spiritual Practice
Art, whether one creates it or experiences it, can have a profound effect on one’s “soul”. Some say that a creative endeavor is raised to art if experiencing it changes you in any way. You can now listen to our weekly sermons anytime, anywhere on your favorite podcast platform – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Just search for our church name and hit “Follow” to stay up to date. If you enjoy the sermons, please take a moment to…
The Thread
Returning guest speaker and UCLA oncology chaplain, Michael Eselun will reflect and explore the idea of a single thread that may run through our entire lives – what it takes to find it, what is our relationship to it, and how it just might help us make sense of the whole journey thus far. You can now listen to our weekly sermons anytime, anywhere on your favorite podcast platform – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Just search for our…
The Power of Rainbows
Today, we celebrate Pride Month with personal stories shared by Femia Scarfone and Nicole Gauthier, inspiring words from Rev. Sian Wiltshire, and special musical performance by flutist, Sarah Kimball. You can now listen to our weekly sermons anytime, anywhere on your favorite podcast platform – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Just search for our church name and hit “Follow” to stay up to date. If you enjoy the sermons, please take a moment to give us a rating or…
Eating Eden: How Our Plates Shape the Planet
What we choose to eat is more than personal—it’s planetary. This Sunday, we reflect on the hidden environmental impact of animal agriculture and the ways our everyday choices ripple outward into the earth we share. With compassion and curiosity, we’ll explore how we might live in greater harmony with the web of life. Sermon topic won by Maureen M. at the Fall auction.